Dedication

I believe that people should be given flowers while they live so that they can see the beauty and smell the precious aroma. However, this history was written almost fifty years after the inception of the organization and the deaths of twenty-one of the founders. I dedicate this history to the twenty-five founders: *Jimmie Wallace-Cage, *Robert Campbell, *Sellarstine McClair-Campbell, *Bernice  M. Chew,*Juanita Jones-Davis, *Mamie Bowers-Davis, *Era Shipp-Floyd,  Faye Maxine Williams-Ford, * Walter Greene, *Gene Henton,* Dorothy Wilson-James, *Charles King, *Ollie Bush-Lofton, *Lucretia Horne-McDonald,  *Hurley Margerum, *Olivia Kimbrough-Riley, Charles Sanders, *Bobby Strickland, *Earlene McCoy-Strickland, *Mae Lee Greenberry-Stringer, *Jeff Walls, Russell Ware, Vivion Brown-Ware, *Lillie Johnson-Warren,  and *Zella White;  the seven past presidents: *Gene Henton, *Hurley Margerum, *Mae Lee Greenberry-Stringer, *Lucretia Horne-McDonald, Faye Maxine Williams-Ford, Sandra Thomas-King and *Hattie Washington-Middlebrooks;  and to those six champions who inspired the rest of us to continue to move Harrisonites, Incorporated forward: *Lillie Jones-Cathran,* Pearlie Jones-Douglas, Elbert Harris,* Irene Weeden-Moore, *Sellarstine McClair-Campbell and * Minor Allen, Sr.   Some of them have transitioned to another life and others have left her to receive accolades. This journey has had its share of trials and tribulation. But, through them all we came out better on the other side. A house divided will crumble and fall but, we learn that two are better than one, for if they fall one will lift the other. I thank them for paving the way and for the joy we have experienced from their vision. May legatees for years to come relish the course they set us on. May God richly bless the lives, legacies, and memories of them all. Their living shall not be in vain. It is my prayer that their present state of being is as pleasant as they have made our opportunity to gather. Kudos to them all!